UPDATE: Powerball Tickets Selling Today At Rate Of 160,000 Per Hour
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As of 4:30 p.m., Michigan Lottery players have purchased more than 2.3 million tickets at retailers for tonight’s $1 billion Powerball jackpot, with roughly 1.7 million of those tickets bought today. On average, players have been buying about 160,000 tickets at retailers per hour today.
If a lucky player wins the $1 billion jackpot, it will be the second-largest Powerball jackpot ever won, and fifth-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. Tonight’s drawing will be the 38th Powerball drawing since the jackpot was last won Aug. 3. The cash option for tonight’s jackpot is $497 million.
There is a 9:45 p.m. deadline for players to buy tickets for tonight’s drawing at retailers and online at www.MichiganLottery.com.
Tonight’s Powerball jackpot is set at $1 BILLION! The cash option for the drawing is $497 million.
This is the second time in Powerball’s 30-year history that the advertised jackpot has reached $1 billion.
There are nine ways to win playing Powerball. In last Saturday’s Powerball drawing, players across the country won more than $38 million in cash prizes. In Michigan, two players won $1 million. Those winning tickets were bought at:
- New Buffalo Shell, located at 18913 Laporte Road in New Buffalo
- Billy’s Liquor Depot II, located at 27222 Grand River Avenue in Redford
Powerball tickets are available for purchase until 9:45 p.m. tonight at Lottery retailers throughout the state. Tickets also may be purchased online at MichiganLottery.com.
Lottery retailers earn a 6% commission on all Lottery sales, and a 2% cashing commission on all prizes players redeem at their location. If a Michigan retailer sells the jackpot winning ticket for tonight’s Powerball drawing, they will receive a $50,000 bonus commission.
To date, Powerball holds the world record for the largest jackpot set in 2016. The record $1.586 billion jackpot was shared by winners in California, Florida, and Tennessee.
Top 10 Powerball Jackpots
1. $1.586 Billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN
2. $1 Billion (est.) – Oct. 31, 2022
3. $768.4 Million – March 27, 2019 – WI4. $758.7 Million – Aug. 23, 2017 – MA5. $731.1 Million – Jan. 20, 2021 – MD6. $699.8 Million – Oct. 4, 2021 – CA7. $687.8 Million – Oct. 27, 2018 – IA, NY8. $632.6 Million – Jan. 5, 2022 – CA, WI9. $590.5 Million – May 18, 2013 – FL
10. $587.5 Million – Nov. 28, 2012 – AZ, MO
WISCONSIN LOTTERY UPDATE:
On a day when treats are plentiful throughout the United States, the estimated Powerball jackpot has reached $1 billion for the Monday, October 31, 2022, drawing. If a player wins tonight’s jackpot, it will be the second largest jackpot in Powerball’s 30-year history and fifth largest jackpot in U.S. history.
During the weekend, Powerball players nationwide won more than $38 million in lower-level cash prizes including a $50,000 winning ticket sold in Wisconsin at the Home Front Travel Mart on 200 State Road 12 & 16 in Camp Douglas for the Saturday, October 29 drawing.
Other non-jackpot, weekend Powerball winners across the country included six tickets (CA-2, MD, MI-2, TX) that each won a $1 million prize and a ticket in Florida that won a $2 million prize. In addition to a win in Wisconsin, there were 80 tickets nationwide that won a $50,000 prize.
“This is only the second time that Powerball’s jackpot has reached $1 billion,” said Drew Svitko, Powerball Product Group Chair. “While playing for a jackpot of this magnitude is exciting, please remember to play responsibly.”
The next Powerball drawing will take place tonight at 9:59 p.m. CT. Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Powerball drawings are Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Tickets must be purchased before 9 p.m. to be included in that day’s drawing.
The odds of winning the $1 million Powerball prize are 1 in 11,688,054. The odds of winning a $50,000 prize are 1 in 913,130. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
